Carving-fork



(Model.)

W. W. LEE.

GARVING FORK. N0. 393,510. Patented Nov. 27, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLTAM \VILSON LEE, OF NORTI-IAI\IPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARVING-FORK.

SPECIFIGA'IION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 393,510. dated November 27 1888.

A vplicn.fion filefl April 1G, 1S8S. S01'i41 N0. 270,726. G\[ude'l.)

T all whom it may c0ncern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WILSQN LEE, of Norbhampton, in the eounty et Hampshire und State of ]\Iessachnsetts hzwe invented a new und nseful Improvemeub i n CZIIViHg-FOIRS, 0f whieh the i'ollowing is a speeification refe1 enee being hnd t0 the aceompzmying dmwings. in whieh- Figure l is n pl:1n of -my new foxk wiLh Lhe guard removed. Fig. 2 jS a cross-seem'on of my new fork with the guard in plaee ab line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is {L longitudinal eentral secbion 0f a guard provided with forked extension. Fig. 4 is a eross-scetional view et 0ne form of gu2ud. Fig. 5 is n modifieation.

My inventinn is 21 eombined earvingfork und guard 0f novel construction, as hereinafter deseribed, the object ofmy invenion being to produee a eombined earving-fork {und guard whieh is eheaper and 1nore dnrable than the eembined emving-forks und guards heretofore made.

In the dmwings, A is the shank, aud B be guard, 0f t-he fork. The back 0f shank A has a reeess, a, in the bottom of whieh is seeured a post, a, hzwing a hole, a, through ib nem its outer er free end '00 reeeive the pin Z), by whieh guard Bis secured 130 Ehe pos1: a. A spring, a, lying in 1recess a, and preferably supporting a. washer, a es shown, serves t0 keep the gumd either closed er open, es required, by its upward pressure againsta the base of the gnard, the gnard being loosely pinned 130 post; a, so as t0 be opened 01 elosed, es desired. By this construetion guard B is very rigidly and firmly eonneeted to be shank, und this is a matter of praetieal importanee, es will be reudily understood.

Ib is very desimble that the inner end of the guard should have flat bearing-su rfaees a 0n eaeh side et the posb u fort-110 spring u. (01 its washer a) to bem. against in Order t0 keep the guard very firmly and rigidly in its 0pen position, as will be readil y understood by those skilled in the art.

hmrd B is shown wibh a forked extension, B, whieh serves es a resb, and t;his is Ehe preferr ed form of eonstruetion; bat: of eourse be guard may be made witzhout: Ehe forked extension, if desired. (See Fig. 5.)

\Vhat I elaim is In a earving-fork, shank A, the back of whieh has a recess, a, in whieh is a stationary posb, a, and a spring, a, in eombinataion wibh guard B, having bearingsurfaces a" piuued 130 pesb a, subslt-antially es and f0r the pnrpose Set; f01th.

WILLIAM WILSON LEE.

\Vitnessesz 1 EDWARD T. BEALE, J OIIN B. SNOW. 

